KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Samuel 20:4–5
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2 Samuel 20:4
4¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
4¶ Then said the king to Amasa, †Assemble me the men of Iudah within three dayes, and be thou here present.
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2 Samuel 20:5
5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Iudah; but hee taried longer then the set time which he had appointed him.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 20:4
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Gather together.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
The number following two and preceding four.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
In this place, at this point, or in the present circumstance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Being at hand or in a place; also a gift, or to bring, offer, show, or give.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 20:5
Gather together.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To stay, remain, wait, or delay.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
For a greater length, extent, or duration.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted; Furnished; equipped with things necessary.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 4
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Open the full verse study25¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
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Open the full verse study13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
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Open the full verse study17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study8¶ And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
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Open the full verse study13And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
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